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Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies: The Legality of the Contingent
Politics Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies The Legality of the Contingent Author:Costas Douzinas, Peter Goodrich Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies is the first work of legal scholarship to apply postmodern jurisprudence to an analysis of a number of substantive areas of law. In their examination of the law's cultural significance, contributors show how critical jurisprudential analysis undermines positivistic attempts to support a n... more »ormative viewpoint of the legal order. In addition, they criticize contextual, sociological accounts of legal phenomena.The contributors explore blasphemy laws in the wake of the Salman Rushdie affair and French critical legal theory--particularly the work of Pierre Legendre--to highlight the repression of psychoanalysis within jurisprudence. Through detailed accounts, Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies clearly illustrates the practical application and theoretical significance of postmodern jurisprudence.« less